Culture of moronic corruption---Subcontractor working on Obamacare site under FBI investigation

Subcontractor working on Obamacare site under FBI investigation | The Daily Caller:
"One of the subcontractors working on the Obamacare website is currently under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Client Network Services Incorporated (CNSI) became a sub-contractor on the Obamacare website in 2012, working hand in hand with QSSI, according to its website.
QSSI was one of several contractors hauled before Congress to address the sites troubled rollout in October."

She has such high self-esteem. And that's what really matters...right? ---- This is the dumbest person ever

Hilariously Bad Breakup Texts

Hilariously Bad Breakup Texts - Likes:
"#4 Dumpsville
This breakup sounds like a bad joke out of 6th grade.
Although corny, as least it wasn't a boring breakup."

"Public/private partnership" fascists dump the affordable policies, keep the expensive one-----Blue Cross agrees to extend individual policies for one plan – Keep Fit

Blue Cross agrees to extend individual policies for one plan – Keep Fit | Crain's Detroit Business:
 "Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the state's largest writer of individual policies with 175,000, declined today to extend about 25 non-Affordable Care Act compliant individual health plans into 2014 with the exception of one plan – Keep Fit."

Taxpayers lose $139 million on Fisker Automotive loan

Taxpayers lose $139 million on Fisker Automotive loan | The Daily Caller:
"Happy Thanksgiving from the Obama administration.
The Energy Department has sold off its $192 million loan guarantee to Fisker Automotive to Chinese billionaire Richard Li for $25 million — the biggest taxpayer loss on a green loan since the failure of Solyndra.

The Energy Department will announce the “selling of the promissory note” to Hybrid Tech, which is owned by Chinese billionaire Richard Li, according to sources familiar with the sale.
The DOE sold the loan to Li for $25 million after lending the financially troubled green automaker a total of $192 million since 2009."

Detroit-on-the-lake nannies avoid massive debt conversation by telling us how to be healthy........Smoking banned on Muskegon County's properties; support, concerns raised

"Healthy" and poor. That's the ticket!
Smoking banned on Muskegon County's properties; support, concerns raised | MLive.com:
"Muskegon County Community Development Director Bob Lukens said the commissioner’s concerns were valid, though encouraging healthy habits was the most important issue at hand."

Where the Hell is Matt? 2012

"This is a wonderful feel-happy video!!!! 
This is how the world should get along!
When you have time, enjoy this...all humankind is so alike...it is all
the politics that separate countries...not the  people like you and
me...
This is like a trip around the world with a smile on your
face. 
Enjoy! "
  https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pwe-pA6TaZk?rel=0

"The story of the video     ----    Video put together by Matt Harding & Melissa Nixon I believe for Stride chewing gum

Matt is a 37-year-old deadbeat from Westport, Connecticut who used to think that all he ever wanted to do in life was make and play videogames. He got lucky, landing a job as a game designer in Los Angeles at a young age, and figured he had everything pretty much figured out.

At 23, he moved to Brisbane, Australia, where it's a pretty typical thing for people to take off and travel the planet for a while before settling down. He thought that sounded amazing, and was also starting to realize that maybe videogames weren't the only thing that mattered. So in early 2003, he quit his job to go wandering around Southeast Asia until the money ran out. He made this site so he could keep his family and friends updated about where he was.

A few months into his trip, he and his friend, Brad Welch, were taking pictures on the streets of Hanoi when Brad said "Hey, why don't you stand over there and do your stupid dance. I'll record it." Matt did it, and he thought it looked pretty funny, so he kept on doing it everywhere he went.

That turned out to be a very good idea.

He put the video of his dancing adventures on his blog (back then people had things called "blogs"), and then in 2005 he found it on a new site called YouTube, where some kid had uploaded it, pretending to be him, and like a million people had already watched it. The kid was collecting donations and apparently got about $200 out of it. Good for him.

Matt briefly got micro-famous as "That guy who dances on the internet. No, not him. The other guy. No, not him either. I'll send you the link. It's funny."

In the midst of all that, Matt got an email from a chewing gum company called Stride. They asked if he'd be interested in making another dancing video for them. He asked if they'd pay for it. They said, "Yeah." He asked if he could go wherever he wanted. They said, "Pretty much." So he said, "Sure!"

That actually happened.

He made the video, and he got to bring his girlfriend, Melissa, with him to film it. It was awesome. And people liked it. The second video made Matt even more micro-famous, transitioning briefly into quasi-famous.

He mostly just danced in front of iconic landmarks, but along the way he went to a country called Rwanda, and since there aren't any landmarks in Rwanda that you'd want to dance in front of, instead he just went to a small village and danced with a bunch of kids. The kids joined him immediately and without hesitation. That ended up being the best thing that happened to him on the trip. The kids taught him that people are a whole lot more interesting than old landmarks and monuments.

Matt went back to Stride and told them he did it all wrong and they needed to send him around the planet again. They said, "Okay," and in 2008 he put out another video that showed thousands of people laughing, smiling, and goofing around together. It took him five years and three tries, but he finally got it right that time."

Pulitzer chasing MSM seemed to have missed this one-----Duke lacrosse accuser Crystal Mangum guilty of murder

BBC News - Duke lacrosse accuser Crystal Mangum guilty of murder:
"A black US woman who falsely accused three white Duke University athletes of rape in 2006 has been convicted of stabbing her boyfriend to death.
In the state of North Carolina, Crystal Mangum was found guilty of the second-degree murder of Reginald Daye, 46.
Mangum, now 34, was hired to perform as an exotic dancer at a party for the Duke lacrosse players, later accusing three of gang-raping her."

We always knew it was only a tool to beat republicans with. Women of MSNBC Silent on Martin Bashir's Palin Comments

"War on women" hysterics silent when the warrior is one of their own. 
Women of MSNBC Silent on Martin Bashir's Palin Comments:
"It has been a week since MSNBC's Martin Bashir took the network's hatred of Sarah Palin one step further with a sexist rant suggesting someone defecate and urinate into the former Alaska governor's mouth.
Having apologized but received no discipline, his female colleagues on the network declined to comment to Breitbart News on the network's inaction."

Imagine if they were forced to read a book about W's fighter pilot days. And tested on it-------------Obama biography tells fourth-graders white Americans racists

Obama biography tells fourth-graders white Americans racists | The Daily Caller:
"Some parents in Dupo, Ill. are not happy that a biography of President Barack Obama is required reading for fourth-graders.
They say the book contains a host of controversial elements, not least of which is that it casts white Americans who disagree with Obama’s politics as racist.
Fourth-grade students at Bluffview Elementary School were instructed that they would be tested and graded on the book’s contents, reports EAGnews.org.
The book, called simply “Barack Obama,” is published by Lerner Publications. "

2 winners within 15 minutes of me! -----Michigan's Best Pizza: Our Top 10 revealed!

Michigan's Best Pizza: Our Top 10 revealed! | MLive.com:
"7. Bernie O's Pizza
The pizza has "a secret yellow sauce" covered with the restaurant's own cheese blend, breaded chicken chunks and bacon strips.
After baking, it is topped with fresh pineapple, tomato, yellow and jalapeo peppers and homemade ranch.
In the immortal words of Chubby Checker, "Come on baby, let's do the twist."
Or at Bernie O's, let's eat the Twist.
Even in the Lakeshore community of North Muskegon, Bernie O's is a best kept secret, being overshadowed by Fricano's and other popular pizzerias."

The Michigan connection---JFK's autopsy was botched, says famed metro Detroit pathologist who helped investigate

JFK's autopsy was botched, says famed metro Detroit pathologist who helped investigate | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"Spitz said he had some benefits over others who speculate and construe scenarios.
He saw the pictures of the president during the autopsy, and he talked with Dr. James Humes, one of the people who performed the autopsy and later worked at St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit.

He said Humes cried when he talked about the mistakes that he made during the autopsy.
For example, Spitz said, Humes threw papers containing notes from the autopsy and Kennedy’s blood into a fireplace at his home.
The blood had been on his gloves and was transferred to the papers.

When asked how the Kennedy case ranks among all of the cases in his lengthy career, he had a simple answer.

“When people are on the autopsy table, they are all the same,” he said."

My gosh, how this is almost EXACTLY the same bluster, lies, threats and delay that Hitler so successfully used in the 1930s..........Iran's leader backs nuke talks, with conditions

My Way News - Iran's leader backs nuke talks, with conditions

GENEVA (AP) - Iran's supreme leader voiced support Wednesday for the negotiations over his country's nuclear program, but insisted there are limits to the concessions Iran will make in exchange for an easing of the sanctions choking its economy.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also blasted Israel as being "the rabid dog" of the region, bent on besmirching Iran's reputation....

Khamenei, speaking before a paramilitary group in Tehran, aimed to placate hardliners and show his backing for the Iranian officials preparing to meet with international negotiators.

Vallaud-Belkacem told reporters in Paris that Hollande's Cabinet discussed Iran just hours before the nuclear talks were set to resume. Despite Hollande's displeasure over Khamenei's criticism of Israel, she said France still hopes for a deal and its position has not changed in the talks.

Western diplomats reported progress during a previous round of talks in Geneva. They now hope to reach an accord that would halt Iran's nuclear efforts while negotiators pursue a more comprehensive agreement that would ensure that Tehran's nuclear program is solely for civilian purposes. Iran would get some sanctions relief under such a first-step deal, without any easing of the most harsh measures - those crippling Iran's ability to sell oil, its main revenue maker.

Iran has suggested it could curb its highest-known level of uranium enrichment - at 20 percent - in a possible deal that could ease the U.S.-led economic sanctions.

But Iranian leaders have made clear that their country will not consider giving up its ability to make nuclear fuel - the centerpiece of the talks since the same process used to make reactor stock can be used to make weapons-grade material.

Khamenei said he would not "interfere in the details of the talks," - a clear nod of support for the government of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, which has opened historic exchanges with the U.S. However, Khamenei also said the main goal of the talks is the "stabilization of the rights of the Iranian nation, including nuclear rights."

"There are red lines. There are limits. These limits must be observed," the supreme leader told the Basij force, which is controlled by Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard. "We have told the authorities, and they are required to observe the limits and should not fear the blusters of the enemies and opponents."

Khamenei also blasted what he called the U.S. government's "warmongering" policies, including threats of military action, and he said sanctions cannot force unwanted concessions by Iran. At the same time, Khamenei said his country has "no animosity"' toward the American people and seeks "friendly" relations.

"Instead of using threats, go and repair your devastated economy so that your government is not shut down for 15 or 16 days," he said, referring to the recent U.S. government closure amid a congressional budget standoff. "Go and pay your debts."

His complex message reflected Iran's internal divisions over the nuclear talks and outreach to the United States, which broke ties with Iran after hostage-takers stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Tehran in 1979 the wake of the Islamic Revolution.

President Barack Obama also faces opposition to a deal from Israel, Saudi Arabia and critics in the U.S. Congress, who say an first-step deal would give Iran too much in the way of sanctions relief for too little concessions. They also argue that Iran can't be trusted.

Obama and his national security team have countered that the risk is worth taking because the alternative is war no one wants.

On Wednesday, delegations arrived in Geneva for internal consultations ahead of a full round of talks between Iran and six nations: the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany.

No jokin' in Deeeetroit-------D.C. finance expert John Hill named as Detroit CFO

D.C. finance expert John Hill named as Detroit CFO | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Hill replaces James Bonsall, who resigned last month after less than three months on the job after another high-ranking city official accused him of making racially insensitive remarks. 
Bonsall resigned after an internal investigation into a joke he made about whether he'd be allowed to shoot anyone in a hoodie if he participated in the city's annual Angels' Night anti-arson patrols."

Now they tell us--------Sticker shock hits health exchange shoppers

Sticker shock hits health exchange shoppers | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"PPOs, the most popular type of health care plan, carry monthly premiums that range from an average of $819 a month in the most expensive state to $437 in the least expensive. "

Yikes! Only 3 counties (of 83) ABOVE the national average! Rich county, poor county: Check our database for latest Michigan personal income stats

Rich county, poor county: Check our database for latest Michigan personal income stats | MLive.com:
"Oakland County residents had the highest per capita personal income of $55,761, followed by Leelanau County at $47,949 and Midland County at $45,423.
Those were the only counties in Michigan that exceeded the national level of $43,735, which was up 3.4 percent from 2011.
Luce County in the U.P. had the lowest at $26,036, less than half of Oakland County's figure."

Muskegon $31,685
Ottawa $36,663
Oceana $33,513
Kent $38,824

Did you know this? President Kennedy’s Brain Stolen [Warning: Graphic Image]

President Kennedy’s Brain Stolen [Warning: Graphic Image]:
"There is one very exceptional, ghastly item that is missing from the Kennedy collection and that is President Kennedy’s own brain. "

Your kid's food choice now RACIST? Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich is Racist, Says Portland School Official

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich is Racist, Says Portland School Official:

“Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year,” the Tribune said.

“What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?” Gutierrez asked. 

“Another way would be to say: ‘Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that?’ 

Let them tell you. 

Maybe they eat torta. 

Or pita.”

Gutierrez completed a week-long seminar called “Coaching for Educational Equity,” a program the Tribune says focuses “on race and how it affects life.”
She also serves on an administrative committee that focuses on systematic racism."

Remember when the MSM only reported about job losses? (the Bush years) ------Michigan moves up in state rankings of 'green' job growth

And now they focus on maybe-gonna-happen promises of future jobs. 
Specific numbers of future jobs. 
With a guarantee of zero follow up to see if those promises are ever kept.
Michigan moves up in state rankings of 'green' job growth | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Michigan has moved up the state rankings to fourth in the nation in creating clean energy and transportation jobs, according to a new report by Environmental Entrepreneurs.

The report included two third-quarter project announcements in Michigan – by Ford Motor Co. and Consumers Energy Inc. – that could bring 1,100 total jobs to Michigan.


Projects range from wind and solar power generation to advanced vehicle manufacturing and energy storage.

However, the report showed problems in the wind energy production industry, which is expecting the expiration later this year of the Wind Energy Production Tax Credit. "

These are FUNNY! ------31 GIFs That Will Make You Laugh Every Time

Watch 'em ALL
31 GIFs That Will Make You Laugh Every Time:

5. The slight overreaction.

This is who Barack wants to be when he grows up-----Venezuelan president tries out new emergency powers

Venezuelan president tries out new emergency powers - Yahoo News:
"Caracas (AFP) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro exercised new emergency powers for the first time Thursday, signing decrees limiting business profit margins and tightening regulation of imports.

He acted as part of a so-called "economic war" against a crisis for which he blames the opposition "bourgeoisie" and imperialism.

Under new powers granted to Maduro on Tuesday, the two new laws aim to control prices and profits in the business sector and closely monitor imports and exports and hard currency that comes in from oil sales, Venezuela's main source of revenue."

I love mine--Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2013) Review & Rating | PCMag.com

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2013) Review & Rating | PCMag.com:
"The new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite ($119 with special offers, direct), newly updated for late 2013, is the best ebook reader we've tested"

"IRS&T"???? Navy Plans to Arm UCLASS with JDAMs

Navy Plans to Arm UCLASS with JDAMs | Defense Tech:
"The Navy plans to load their next generation carrier drone with a wide range of weapons, including GPS-guided precision-strike air-to-ground weapons called Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, service officials said.

The Unmanned Carrier Launched Surveillance and Strike aircraft is being designed as a carrier-launched Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting, or IRS&T, technology, will also be designed to accomodate a next-generation Active Electronically Scanned Array radar, or AESA.

ObamaCare expert----Our government at its best...

[1:31:47 pm]: Thanks for contacting Health Insurance Marketplace Live Chat. Please wait while we connect you to someone who can help.

[1:31:50 pm]:  Please be patient while we're helping other people.

[1:31:57 pm]: Welcome! You're now connected to Health Insurance Marketplace Live Chat. Thanks for contacting us. My name is Camilo. To protect your privacy, please don't provide any personal information, like Social Security Number, or any other sensitive medical or personal information.

[1:32:11 pm]: Camilo

How may I help you today?

[1:33:46 pm]: james

I've already selected my plan. I'm at the "enroll" button but when I click it returns to the "Set" button and then back through the other buttons to the "enroll" button. Been doing the same thing for over a month. What do I do?

[1:34:38 pm]: Camilo

I apologize for the inconvenience. I'll be more than happy to assist you some options to assist you with that error. Before we get started, to provide you with the most accurate information, what state do you live in?

[1:34:47 pm]: james

mi

[1:36:28 pm]: Camilo

Thank you for that information. I can answer your questions about the Marketplace. One moment while I look that up.

[1:38:41 pm]: Camilo

We apologize for any technical difficulties you may be experiencing as you use HealthCare.gov. We know this can be frustrating, and we're working around the clock to improve HealthCare.gov and to make sure your experience with it is a positive one. I will make a note of your feedback. In the meantime, you can call into the Marketplace Call Center, where a Customer Service Representative will be able to assist you with that final step of enrollment.

[1:38:58 pm]: Camilo

You may also call the Marketplace at 1-800-318-2596 for help with that.

[1:39:10 pm]: james

You had to look that up?

[1:40:53 pm]: Camilo

I was looking up procedures for that glitch; However, unfortunately, personal information cannot be shared on this chat forum, so you will need to call into the Marketplace for further assistance.

[1:41:13 pm]: Camilo

Do you have any other questions that I can help you with?

[1:41:27 pm]: james

no. thank you

Imagine a state that has 2 cities WORSE than East L.A.--Top 10 Worst Cities - Worst Places to Live 2013

Top 10 Worst Cities - Worst Places to Live 2013:
"There are many excellent places around the United States to raise a family, get a job, or have a fantastic life, but there are also a number of cities worth avoiding due to problems like rampant crime, economic instability, and general malaise that seems to infect the entire population. 
The top 10 worst cities in which to live in the country were once beacons of prosperity and the "American Way," but have lately become some of the nastiest areas of the country.
The following represent the worst cities to live in the United States in 2013."

Introduction

1. Springfield, MAScore: 66/100

2. Hartford, CTScore: 67/100

3. Detroit, MIScore: 67/100

4. Flint, MIScore: 68/100

5. East Los Angeles, CAScore: 68/100

6. Philadelphia, PAScore: 68/100

7. Cleveland, OHScore: 68/100

8. Paterson, NJScore: 68/100

9. Anchorage, AKScore: 69/100

10. Buffalo, NYScore: 69/100

This is gonna suck----Loud cellphone talkers next bane of air travelers?

My Way News - Loud cellphone talkers next bane of air travelers?:
"Airline passengers have already been stripped of their legroom, hot meals and personal space.
Now, they might also lose their silence.
The Federal Communications Commission is considering lifting its longtime prohibition on making cellphone calls on airplanes, saying it is time "to review our outdated and restrictive rules."
But for many passengers, that would mean the elimination of one of the last sanctuaries from our hyper-connected world.
Everybody wants the ability to stay connected while traveling, but nobody wants to be trapped next to some guy yapping away during the entire trip from New York to Las Vegas.

We deserve the scumbags we elect---------------'Cornhusker kickback' senator meets with Obama to talk Obamacare

'Cornhusker kickback' senator meets with Obama to talk Obamacare | The Daily Caller:
"Former Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson, who voted for Obamacare after securing the “Cornhusker kickback” for his state, met with President Barack Obama Wednesday to talk about how to fix the law.

Nelson retired from the Senate in January and almost immediately boosted his salary over five times by becoming the CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)."

EcoCzars are killing our cars----▶ Warning Not to Use E15 Gas in Your Car

▶ Warning Not to Use E15 Gas in Your Car: FOX Business - YouTube: ""

'via Blog this'

He's the bull in our fiscal china shop! -----Under Obama: Disability Trust Fund Runs Record 5 Straight Yrs of Deficits

Under Obama: Disability Trust Fund Runs Record 5 Straight Yrs of Deficits | CNS News:
"The Disability Insurance Trust Fund has never before run five straight years of deficits.
....From fiscal 1995 through fiscal 2008, the Disability Insurance Trust Fund ran surpluses, as receipts from the disability insurance taxes paid by people who were working exceeded the value of the benefits paid to those claiming disability.
Congress created the federal disability insurance program by adding an amendment to the Social Security Act in 1956. The government paid the first disability benefits in fiscal 1957."

How Trayvon's Knockout Game Went Bad

Articles: How Trayvon's Knockout Game Went Bad:
"If no one else, WND, the New York Post, and now Fox News have started paying serious attention to an urban pastime known as "the knockout game" or occasionally as "polar bear hunting," a phenomenon that has caused at least seven deaths and countless serious injuries.
The "polar bear" refers to the invariably white or at least non-black victim of a hunt by a young black male, usually one of a pack of the same.
The hunters tend to prey on those who seem vulnerable.
This includes old people, women, children, and, most often, clueless male liberals-- like the Pittsburgh teacher seen in this video -- who have trained themselves not to "profile" young black men even when they approach with malice in their eyes.

...In sum, Martin saw Zimmerman not as the hulking vigilante the media did but as a vulnerable, possibly gay white man nearly half-a-foot smaller than he. 
As for Martin, although the media chose not to let the public know, he was an aspiring mixed martial artist who had recently been disciplined both at home and at school for starting fights.
.....By the time of this incident, the knockout game was a well established phenomenon among young black males, especially troubled ones like Martin, the product of a broken home and a broken culture.
Martin's assault on Zimmerman fit an obvious pattern.

Union job destroyers "win" another one-Boeing to Partly Move Production Out of Washington State Following Union Vote

Boeing to Partly Move Production Out of Washington State Following Union Vote | Washington Free Beacon:
"Boeing will move portions of its airplane construction out of Washington after a local union rejected a contract offer that would have saved the company $8 billion.

A company spokesman told the Washington Free Beacon that the company had no choice but to move construction of some of its largest planes out of the Evergreen State after International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 751 rejected changes to wage and retirement plans."

Qatar whips covers off giant footballing vagina

Qatar whips covers off giant footballing vagina • The Register

Hold on folks. They're still conjurin' ways to spend the moolah they don't have...yet---------Crisis in America: a crumbling infrastructure

Crisis in America: a crumbling infrastructure:
"Even though his health-care website is still in need of dire repair, President Obama was in the port of New Orleans earlier this month talking about repairing a much bigger problem: the nation's aging highways, bridges and ports. 
Saying that 1 in 9 bridges are structurally deficient and more than 40 percent of major highways are congested, Obama repeated his call for major infrastructure investment, but it's unclear how or if that will happen.

Announced during his State of the Union speech in February, Obama's Fix-It-First program calls for $40 billion in spending on a backlog of urgent repairs and upgrades. That would follow $31 billion that went into infrastructure as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
But those sums are dwarfed by the $3.6 trillion in investment the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) says is needed by 2020."

Time assures us it's only about Barry's legacy----Obama's Race for the Cure

Obama's Race for the Cure - TIME:
"....but this is a critical moment for a President whose agenda for a second term amounted to little more than being not as lame as the other guy.
The HealthCare.gov website may or may not get fixed on deadline, the senior staff may be booted and rebooted, but it is already too late to avoid a pageant of media scrutiny, Republican merriment, a rebuke even from Bill Clinton and a host of existential questions:
Can this policy be saved?
What is left of Obama's second term if it is consumed by fixing an unpopular policy from the first?
How could a White House appear so confident and incompetent at the same time?"

20 Pictures that Prove You Have a Dirty Mind

20 Pictures that Prove You Have a Dirty Mind: "

The "religion of peace"--"Saying Merry Christmas is worst than fornication or killing someone" Islamic scholar

Learn the truth (the eco-morons don't want you to know) about "fracking"----Bakken operator releases fracking documentary: ‘Down Deep: Unearthing the Truth About Hydraulic Fracturing’

Bakken operator releases fracking documentary: ‘Down Deep: Unearthing the Truth About Hydraulic Fracturing’ | AEIdeas:
"From The Bakken Magazine:
WSX, a Tulsa-based energy company specializing in the production of natural gas, has launched a website to help clear up controversy and misinformation surrounding hydraulic fracturing and the process of exploring for, drilling and producing oil and natural gas.

The site Downdeep serves as a platform for delivering a 30-minute video titled, “Down Deep: Unearthing the Truth About Hydraulic Fracturing” and features conversations with experts, landowners, neighbors and WPX executives.

Using genuine facts and interviews with third parties, Down Deep takes on the dishonest politicking and misguided environmentalism that has become entangled with the public’s image of “fracking.”
WPX Energy believes U.S. citizens all have the right to be informed of the facts surrounding any vital issue—and the right to be involved in the decisions that shape America’s energy future.

You can watch the documentary Down Deep at link"

Oh crap. Another union bust on the horizon?----Chrysler fights to stay on course

Chrysler fights to stay on course | The Detroit News

But there is a growing sense among some analysts that Chrysler and Fiat may have overreached in their effort to create a globally competitive car company out of two troubled also-rans.

“..... But he believes that at least some of Chrysler’s recent issues are tied to trouble overseas.

When Fiat took over a bankrupt Chrysler in 2009, many analysts worried that the Auburn Hills automaker would drag down the resurgent Italian carmaker. 

Instead, the European automobile market collapsed. 

Sales in Italy fell to levels not seen since the early 1980s. 

And Chrysler became a lifeline — the only source of profits on an otherwise dismal balance sheet.

But labor disputes and the market weakness back home have forced Fiat to re-evaluate some of the product plans it had for Chrysler.

It's really quite simple. If you disagree with us you are a racist. What could be easier to understand? ---NY Times Plays Race Card On Obamacare Opponents, Says “Critical Mass of White Voters” Are Racist For Opposing Law’s Wealth Redistribution To Minorities…

NY Times Plays Race Card On Obamacare Opponents, Says “Critical Mass of White Voters” Are Racist For Opposing Law’s Wealth Redistribution To Minorities… | Weasel Zippers:
"In addition, the Affordable Care Act can be construed as a transfer of benefits from Medicare, which serves an overwhelmingly white population of the elderly – 77 percent of recipients are white — to Obamacare, which will serve a population that is 54.7 percent minority.  
Over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the Affordable Care Act cuts $455 billion from the Medicare budget in order to help pay for Obamacare.

Those who think that a critical mass of white voters has moved past its resistance to programs shifting tax dollars and other resources from the middle class to poorer minorities merely need to look at the election of 2010,"

MUST READ-Obamacare - The Neutron Bomb That Will Decimate The U.S. Economy

Guest Post: Obamacare - The Neutron Bomb That Will Decimate The U.S. Economy | Zero Hedge:
"Sickcare is unsustainable for a number of interlocking reasons: 
-defensive medicine in response to a broken malpractice system;
-opaque pricing;
-quasi-monopolies/cartels;
-systemic disconnect of health from food, diet and fitness;
-fraud and paperwork consume at least 40% of all sickcare funds;
-fee-for-service in a cartel system;
-employers being responsible for healthcare,
-a fundamental absence of competition and transparency.

Please glance at these charts to see how the U.S. healthcare costs are double those of competing nations on a per capita basis.
Japan provides care for a mere 36% per person of what the U.S. spends--yet millions of Americans remain uninsured or underinsured.
If you set out to design a corrupt, inefficient, wasteful, unfair, deranged and unreformable system, you would arrive at U.S. healthcare/ObamaCare."

Obese residents (and hyperventilating liberal media) continue to caterwall about $1/day cut in cupcake freebee---Families in need find empty shelves at area food pantries

Families in need find empty shelves at area food pantries | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"On Nov. 1, temporary SNAP benefits — which got a boost during the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 — were cut by $5 billion, said Ross Fraser, spokesman with Feeding America.
In Michigan, more than $180 million was cut, and in Wayne County alone, reductions are nearly $55 million, Gold said.
That translates into a loss of $36 a month for a family of four, which could be a week’s worth of meals. (or half of one Nike shoe!)
“We are deeply, deeply concerned about this,” Fraser said. “We just can’t meet this need.”"

Don't forget. It wasn't only GM and Fiat/Chrysler that got your moolah--Ally Financial makes $5.9 billion payment to U.S. Treasury

Ally Financial makes $5.9 billion payment to U.S. Treasury | Crain's Detroit Business:
"Ally, formerly known as GMAC Financial Services and owned by General Motors Corp. until 2006, received $17.2 billion from the U.S. in a bailout that began four years ago under the Trouble Asset Relief Program."

A tough, principled American! Palin kills Matt Lauer interview over Martin Bashir slur

Palin kills Matt Lauer interview over Martin Bashir slur | Fox News:
"It's no secret that Sarah Palin is mighty steamed at MSNBC and Martin Bashir over his despicable remarks about the abusive treatment he imagines for her. 
And now she's doing something about it.
The former Alaska governor and Fox News contributor was scheduled to sit down with Matt Lauer for a Christmas season interview.
That's now toast.
Palin has now canceled Lauer's scheduled trip to Wasilla, a source close to her tells me.
It's not because Palin is upset with Lauer or the "Today" show, but as a protest against NBC for not taking action against Bashir. 
In fact, Palin once sat in as a "Today"co-host. "

WATCH Kathleen Sebelius As Obamacare Website Crashes In Front Of Her: 'Uh Oh!'

WATCH Kathleen Sebelius As Obamacare Website Crashes In Front Of Her: 'Uh Oh!' | Independent Journal Review:
"The perpetually annoyed Health and Human Services overlord Secretary Kathleen Sebelius had an embarrassing moment in Florida yesterday as she was touring Miami.
She was meeting with Obamacare Navigators when the HealthCare.Gov website crashed right in front of her. This must happen a lot because she took it in stride, saying cheerfully, “Uh oh!” while her host said, “Oh, that happens every day!”
Yeah, that’s helpful.
Even worse, as the local news reports, all the time Kathleen was there, only two people signed up. 
Two. (Here’s more of the video.) 
What a completely embarrassing disaster."

UN climate talks fall apart as 132 countries storm out

UN climate talks fall apart as 132 countries storm out | The Daily Caller:
"Poor countries pulled out of the United Nations climate talks during a fight over transferring wealth from richer countries to fight global warming.

The G77 and China bloc led 132 poor countries in a walk out during talks about “loss and damage” compensation for the consequences of global warming that countries cannot adapt to, like Typhoon Haiyan. The countries that left claim to have the support of other coalitions of poor nations, including the Least Developed Countries, the Alliance of Small Island States and the Africa Group.

Poor countries have demanded that the developed world give them $100 billion annually by 2020 to prepare for the impacts of global warming, such as heat waves and droughts.
Brazil even put forward a proposal last week that would have made rich countries pay for historical greenhouse gas emissions."

They gonna fire fat school bus drivers too? Too fat to fly

Too fat to fly | Fox News Video:
"The FAA may start grounding pilots who exceed certain weight limits."

The "Obamacare Shock" - One California Employer's Terrifying True Story | Zero Hedge

The "Obamacare Shock" - One California Employer's Terrifying True Story | Zero Hedge: "
"Our employees share of the premium goes from $7/week for the cheapest plan to $30/week.
95% of my employees were on that plan.
Remember, we used to pay 50% now we pay 91.5% and the premiums still go up that much!!
The  cheapest plan now has a deductible of $6350! 
Before it was $150.
Employees making $9 to $10/hr, have to pay $30/wk and have a $6350 deductible!!!
What!!!!
They can't afford that to be sure.
Obamacare will kill their propensity to seek medical care. 
More money for less care?
How does that help them? "

Homeless Grand Rapids veteran in viral makeover finds trouble again

Homeless Grand Rapids veteran in viral makeover finds trouble again | MLive.com:
"GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The homeless Grand Rapids veteran whose time-lapsed, videotaped makeover became a viral hit has been locked up again, for trespassing and creating a disturbance at a Burger King restaurant.


Photos of U.S. Army veteran Jim Wolf before and after a makeover from Rob Bliss and Degage Ministries.
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While the video says Wolf, 54, has “taken control of his life,” he has struggled with alcoholism and poverty and lived on the street for years."

Boeing Sees Record Orders for Its Slick Folding-Wing Airliner

Boeing Sees Record Orders for Its Slick Folding-Wing Airliner | Autopia | Wired.com:

The graceful curve of the wing during cruise is part of its efficient design. But such a long wingspan poses problems at airports. Most of the largest commercial airports can handle wingspans of no more than 214 feet (65 meters as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization), which has been a problem for the massive Airbus A380. Due to its massive 262-foot wingspan, Airbus’ biggest airliner can fly to just 30 airports worldwide, six of them in the United States.

Boeing wants to avoid that problem, so it employed folding wingtips. Just as Navy jets fold their wings to save room on aircraft carriers, the 777X will fold more than 10 feet on each wing tip before pulling up to the gate.